- I heard that a camel can go 9 days without water.
- A trivial thing. Going 9 days without a hamburgers, would be an accomplishment worthy of my admiration.
— Olive Oyl (Olive LaMoy), J. Wellington Wimpy (Charles Lawrence)
14 seconds sound clip from the Popeye the Sailor - Popeye And Gang At The Zoo classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:02:06 in the radio play.
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- All hands are having one grand and glorious time.
- They just walked up to the camels cage.
- Well, blow me down, has yous ever seen the likes of such a peculiar animal?
- Gosh Popeye, those humps and his back looks just like you muscles.
- Har har har. If I had muscles that big, I could never get me shirt on.
- I heard that a camel can go 9 days without water.
- Wimpy, yous just plain ignorant.
- Dumb animals never eat fried hamburgers.
- Perhaps that's why they are called dumb animals.
- Popeye, do you think the camel would like some peanuts?
- Now you has me stumped Matey.
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